OSHA Inspection: TRUMAN GINGERICH

Issued

Apr 7, 2016

Abate by

May 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  On February 18, 2016, Truman Gingerich dba Crown Coatings and Industrial Services was issued citations and the employer did not verify, through written certification that each citation was abated.  Abatement certification was not received for the following violations:          Citation 1 Item 1a & b and,     Citation 1 Item 2a & b and,     Citation 1 Item 3a & b.

Issued

Feb 18, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  Truman Gingerich dba Crown Coatings and Industrial Services had employees exposed to fall and struck-by hazards on a commercial construction site in Tuscola, Illinois.  The employer did not have an effective safety and health program with specific work rules, competent person oversight, and employee training to govern employees activities.

Issued

Feb 18, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  Truman Gingerich dba Crown Coatings and Industrial Services had employees exposed to fall and struck-by hazards on a commercial construction site in Tuscola, Illinois.  The employer did not have a competent person conducting frequent and periodic safety inspections at the construction site.

Issued

Feb 18, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  Truman Gingerich dba Crown Coatings and Industrial Services had an employee exposed to struck-by hazards on the head without head protection, on a commercial construction site in Tuscola, Illinois. The employer did not provide employee training in order to provide the employees with the knowledge to recognize construction safety hazards, as well as the procedures to follow in order to minimize or eliminate those safety hazards.

Issued

Feb 18, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   Truman Gingerich dba Crown Coatings and Industrial Services had an employee exposed to struck-by hazards on the head without head protection, on a commercial construction site in Tuscola, Illinois.

Issued

Feb 18, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:     Truman Gingerich dba Crown Coatings and Industrial Services had employees exposed to fall hazards on a commercial construction site in Tuscola, Illinois.  The employer had two employees working from an aerial lift at heights greater than 10 ft. without a body belt and lanyard attached to the boom or basket of the aerial lift for each employee.

Issued

Feb 18, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  Truman Gingerich dba Crown Coatings and Industrial Services had employees exposed to fall hazards on a commercial construction site in Tuscola, Illinois.  The employer had two employees working from an aerial lift at heights greater than 10 ft. without a body belt and lanyard attached to the boom or basket of the aerial lift for each employee.   The employer did not provide scaffold training.  This training would include:    a.         Nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards, and falling object hazards in the work area, b.         Correct procedures for dealing with electrical hazards and for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection systems and falling object protection systems used, c.         Proper use of the scaffold, and the proper handling of material on the scaffold,  d.         The maximum intended load and the load-carrying capacities of the scaffold used, e.         Any other pertinent requirements of this subpart, L  Scaffolds.